Allentown Man Gets Fine, Probation For Drug Possession

August 16, 1994|The Morning Call

A 33-year-old Allentown man was fined $1,000 and placed on 11-1/2 months of probation last week for possession of cocaine.

Reynaldo Cespedes of 118 N. Carlisle St. was also ordered by Northampton County Judge James C. Hogan to perform 300 hours of community service for his April 14 offense at Center Street and the Fahy Bridge in Bethlehem.

*Michael Ronald Dilts, 20, of Church Road, Milford, N.J., was sentenced by Senior Judge Richard D. Grifo to time served to a year in prison for disorderly conduct. A weapons charge was dropped in the negotiated plea.

Palmer Township police said Dilts picked up his ex-girlfriend and tried to carry her out of her home on April 24.

*Gilberto Soto Huertas Jr., 23, of 1865 Lynnfield Drive, Bethlehem, was sentenced by Judge William F. Moran to six to 12 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to escape. Huertas was charged after he failed to return to the prison's work-release facility on May 17.

*Gerardo Jason Becerril Jr., 27, of 1208 Gordon Court, Bethlehem, was sentenced by Grifo to time served to a year in prison after he pleaded guilty to simple assault. Charges of aggravated assault and harassment were withdrawn in the plea. Becerril shoved a Bethlehem police officer in the department's cellblock on May 27.

*John Thomas Brown, 32, of 1444 E. 5th St., Bethlehem, was sentenced by Grifo to 30 days in prison for possession of cocaine. A charge of intent to purchase cocaine was withdrawn in the plea. He was arrested March 21 at E. 3rd and Hayes streets in the city.

*Basilio Reyes, 39, of 1467 E. 6th St., Bethlehem, was placed on a year of probation by Grifo and ordered to report to a drug rehabilitation center after he pleaded guilty to possession of heroin. A paraphernalia possession charge was withdrawn in the plea. Bethlehem police charged him with an April 7 offense at E. Market Street and Stefko Boulevard.